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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:59:16 -0600
- Reply-To: "Dennis G. Winter [red D]" <dgwdgw@reddpgming.win.net>
- Sender: Microsoft Windows Version 3 Forum <WIN3-L@UICVM.BITNET>
- From: "Dennis G. Winter [red D]" <dgwdgw@REDDPGMING.WIN.NET>
- Subject: Re: Copying files in Norton Desktop f/Windows
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- >I have a rather puzzeling problem in Norton Desktop. When I access a floppy
- >drive (any one, the same thing happens on each), I open the file window and the
- >directory is read without a problem. The problem that I have arises when I try
- >to copy files from the floppy to someplace else. I drag the file to another
- >drive icon, or to an open drive window, and it begins the file copying process.
- >I then get an "error reading file ***" when it tries to copy the file. This has
- >happened with multiple files on different disks, and I was wondering if anyone
- >had any idea what the problem might be? I don't have this problem on the hard
- >drive, and I thought it was rather strange. Any ideas/suggestions?
- >
- > Forrest
- >
-
- Its possible that the target disk is write protected. NDW does not
- handle that possibility very well as the error messages rarely
- point to the real problem of a locked disk.
-
- D.
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